the nsa vote that we saw and how close that vote was, you know, this strain of sort of national security isolationists, some people would call them, both in the left and the right, it would be a tough vote. pelosi and boehner would have to be working together to drum up support for the president. oh, by the way, it would delay any potential action. if you believe you've got to do this in a certain period of time to save lives because you're trying to make sure he doesn't use chemical weapons again, then you're sort of defeating the purpose of the quick action. >> ayman, as george mentioned, the arab league has now officially blamed assad for the chemical weapons attack. this is the same arab league that suspended syria from the arab league in 2011. what impact, if any, is this going to have? >> reporter: well, it's one of those statements that you kind of have the wiggle room to interpret the way you want. one, the statement that came out of the arab league was at the ambassadorial level. some of its closest allies, including lebanon, did not vote. it also provides diplomatic cover, enou